#BBBBBD#BBBBBD

#BBBBBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.003 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBBD
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(240, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, 0.37, -1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 1.08, 290.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% 0.0008 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.003 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4476, 49.7795, 55.2430)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBBD #BDBDBB

analogous

#BBBCBD #BBBBBD #BCBBBD

triadic

#BBBBBD #BDBBBB #BBBDBB

tetradic

#BBBBBD #BDBBBC #BDBDBB #BBBDBC

square

#BBBBBD #BDBBBC #BDBDBB #BBBDBC

split-complementary

#BBBBBD #BDBCBB #BCBDBB

monochromatic

#7D7D81 #9C9C9F #BBBBBD #DADADB #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BBBBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBBD

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBBD	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.003 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfd0',
    500: '#bbbbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbbd;
$custom-light: #cfcfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 1.493,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79267,
    "c": 0.00279,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBBD

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8B5A8B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBBD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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